Stamp-moistener.



A. BLIEDEN.

STAMP MOISTENBR.

APPLIOATION IILED MAR.31, 1911.

998,951 Patented July 25,1911.

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ABRAHAM BLIEDEN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

STAMP-MOISTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM BLIEDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the count-y of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStamp-Moisteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stamp moisteners.

The object of my invention is to provide a stamp moistener from whichmoisture may be readily and evenly fed and applied to stamps.

Another object of my invention is to provide a stamp moistener which issimple in construction, may be cheaply manufactured and which is notliable to get out of order.

Other features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of my invention,Figure l is a perspective View of the device with the closing cap on thedischarge tube. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical central sectionalview. Fig. 3 is a section on the line ab of Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a crosssection on the dotted line c-cZ of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts.

The body of the device is preferably a cylinder 1 having resilientcompressible ends 2 and a peripheral discharge tube 3, preferablyrectangular in cross section, and having mounted therein absorbentmaterial, such as cotton, said absorbent material 4 projecting from theouter end of the tube 3 so that the moisture may be easily applied tothe gummed surfaces of stamps. The body is provided opposite the tube 3with a peripheral filling tube 5, preferably of resilient material, andhaving one or more longitudinal slots 6 which extend to the outer end ofthe tube 5.

Fitted snugly on the tube 5 is a cap 7 which is rotatable andlongitudinally movable on the tube 5, and which is provided with one ormore longitudinal slots 8 adapted to register with the slots 6 so as topermit air to enter the tube 5 and interior of the cylinder 1. By havingthe cap 7 rotative and longitudinally movable on the tube 5, the cap maybe adjusted so as to regulate the admission of air to the exact amountrequired. By

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 31, 1911.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Serial No. 618,195.

having the cap or the tube 5 of resilient material and longitudinallyslotted, the cap may be made to snugly fit the tube 5 and yet be easilyremoved or turned.

To prevent loss of moisture when the device is not in use, I provide acap 9 which is removably and snugly fitted to the outer end of the tube3.

I/Vhen it is desired to moisten stamps or envelops or any other gummedarticles, it is but necessary to remove the cap 9 and apply theabsorbent material 41 to the gummed surface. The cap 7 is adjusted toeffect the proper supplying of air to the vessel. If after continued usethe absorbent material becomes clogged, it may be replaced with newmaterial. In operating the device, when it is desired to discharge considerable moisture through the absorbent material 4, the compressibleends 2 are compressed toward each other, thus forcing the water throughthe absorbent material a. At other times the ends need not be compressedas the absorbent material will withdraw sufficient moisture to effectthe desired function.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described as manymodifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a stamp moistener, a vessel having a discharge tube and aresilient filling tube having a longitudinal slot extending to the outerend of the filling tube, absorbent material located in and projectingfrom the discharge tube, and a cap snugly fitted and longitudinallymovable on the filling tube to and from a position in which it willcover the slot in the filling tube.

2. In a stamp moistener, a vessel having a tubular filling member and adischarge tube, and a member for closing the filling memher, one of saidmembers being resilient and compressible by the other member, one memberhaving an air inlet and the other member being movable to and from aposition closing said inlet.

3. In a stamp moistener, a vessel having a tubular filling member and adischarge tube, and a member for closing the filling member, one of themembers having a longitudinal slot at one end and being resilient andthe other member being snugly fitted to the slotted end of the resilientmember and movable longitudinally thereon to and from a position closingsaid slot.

In testimony whereof I have signed my ABRAHAM BLIEDEN.

Witnesses E. B. HOUSE,

FLORENCE M. VENDIG.

Oonies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

